Freeview indoor aerial

[leics poshie]

Can anyone reccomend a freeview indoor aerial for me, i want to put freeview in the bedroom but i havent got an aerial on my roof, can anyone reccomend a quality indoor aerial that will pick up freeview

Thanks

[nffc]

Telecam TCE 2000
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/5342000.htm

[Provided you're in a good signal area]

[leics poshie]

Originally Posted by nffc

Telecam TCE 2000
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/5342000.htm

[Provided you're in a good signal area]

Thanks is there anyway i can find out how good my signal is in my area

[CycoSymz]

Originally Posted by nffc

Telecam TCE 2000
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/5342000.htm

[Provided you're in a good signal area]

It looks quite nice too.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by leics poshie

Thanks is there anyway i can find out how good my signal is in my area

Have a go at Wolfbane's Digital TV reception predictor. It will tell you what sort of aerial you should have for Freeview.

http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe?

I have to say though, unless you live right underneath your transmitter, Freeview signals are generally not strong enough for set-top aerials yet. This won't improve until they switch off the analogue and are able to increase digital transmitter power.

[nffc]

Originally Posted by leics poshie

Thanks is there anyway i can find out how good my signal is in my area

cough cough... Wolfbane.com

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Originally Posted by Chris T

Have a go at Wolfbane's Digital TV reception predictor. It will tell you what sort of aerial you should have for Freeview.

http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe?

I have to say though, unless you live right underneath your transmitter, Freeview signals are generally not strong enough for set-top aerials yet. This won't improve until they switch off the analogue and are able to increase digital transmitter power.

You say that, but I can get all channels on that Telecam, in NE Notts (NG4) off Belmont transmitter near Grimsby, fifty miles away, with the output split between the freeview box and my PC.

[leics poshie]

Originally Posted by Chris T

Have a go at Wolfbane's Digital TV reception predictor. It will tell you what sort of aerial you should have for Freeview.

http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe?

I have to say though, unless you live right underneath your transmitter, Freeview signals are generally not strong enough for set-top aerials yet. This won't improve until they switch off the analogue and are able to increase digital transmitter power.

Thanks but what the hell does all this mean

DTT transmitters within "local" range of postcode LE* ***


Transmitter 1: BBC 2: Digital 3 & 4 A: SDN B: BBC C: NG Wireless D: NG Wireless Gp Pol OS grid ref. OD
m Field
dBµV/m Distance
miles Bearing
degrees Antenna
(suggestion) UHF ERP
W AOD
m UHF ERP
W AOD
m UHF ERP
W AOD
m UHF ERP
W AOD
m UHF ERP
W AOD
m UHF ERP
W AOD
m Waltham 49 10k 418 23 8k 418 26 8k 418 33 8k 418 45 5k 418 42 5k 418 W H SK809233 133 46 17 54 Amplified extra hi-gain

[nffc]

Should be OK. It's not transferred to the post very well though - the first part of the postcode should be enough for us to look ourselves.

[leics poshie]

Originally Posted by nffc

Should be OK. It's not transferred to the post very well though - the first part of the postcode should be enough for us to look ourselves.

i see that now

LE4 5QD

[nffc]

LE4 would have sufficed. Yeah, you should be fine, Waltham is pretty close.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by nffc

LE4 would have sufficed. Yeah, you should be fine, Waltham is pretty close.

On the contrary, the predictor suggests an amplified extra high-gain aerial, so I would have thought based on that that the transmitter is operating at very low power and an indoor aerial would be out of the question.

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Chris T

On the contrary, the predictor suggests an amplified extra high-gain aerial, so I would have thought based on that that the transmitter is operating at very low power and an indoor aerial would be out of the question.

Well Belmont's listed as distant here (NG4) and I can pick everything up.

Unless there's any terrain blocking it, which between Leicester and Waltham there isn't much, then distance should be no issue.

That aerial is only a tenner anyway.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by nffc

Well Belmont's listed as distant here (NG4) and I can pick everything up.

Unless there's any terrain blocking it, which between Leicester and Waltham there isn't much, then distance should be no issue.

That aerial is only a tenner anyway.

Distance isn't the only consideration. You have to account for the power of the transmitter as well.

Originally Posted by leics poshie

Can anyone reccomend a freeview indoor aerial for me, i want to put freeview in the bedroom but i havent got an aerial on my roof, can anyone reccomend a quality indoor aerial that will pick up freeview

Thanks

sorry no idea

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Originally Posted by Chris T

On the contrary, the predictor suggests an amplified extra high-gain aerial, so I would have thought based on that that the transmitter is operating at very low power and an indoor aerial would be out of the question.

yeah sounds great to me

[leics poshie]

Well i bought the aerial suggested and it picks up most chaannell but struggles with BBC more than any other, quite impressed by this aerial for 9.99